Vintage postcard of Japanese vegetable store in Hakodate Japan, showing family vendors with abundant produce displays and traditional shop banners with Japanese calligraphy, circa 1900–1910

Back of vintage Japanese vegetable store Hakodate postcard, Union Postale Universelle Carte Postale, unused divided back with Japanese Imperial postal imprint, circa 1900–1910

$40.00

Japanese Vegetable Store - Hakodate Japan - Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

Street-level view of a Japanese vegetable store, identified as "Hakodate" on the shop banner
Family group of vendors — adults and children — posed in front of abundant produce displays in baskets and tubs
Traditional Japanese shop banners with calligraphy hanging above the storefront
Two-storey wooden building with open-front market style
Machine-tinted in soft pinks, greens, and browns
Caption at bottom: "Japanese Vegetable store."

Postal Markings:

Unused — no stamp, postmark, address, or message
Back: Union Postale Universelle / Carte Postale / POST CARD with Japanese Imperial postal text (万國郵便聯合葉書)
Bottom imprint: Japanese Imperial postal authority printer’s mark
Divided back era

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